In higher institution of learning, dormitories otherwise known as hostels or hall of residences are built for students in order to cater for their accommodation need and they are often in great proximity to classroom blocks in order to make learning more suitable and reduce the stress of commuting. Students residing in the school dormitories are often expected to be more comfortable and thus tr...

Need for community care There has been a great deal of talk about the necessity for "community care" of the mentally ill, and it is unhappily true that, because of pressure of work, professional people involved in looking after the mentally ill are unable to give that personal care and friendship which is so often a patient's real need. The problem is not entirely solved by creating after-care ...

INTRODUCTION Urban homeless populations in the UK have been shown to have high rates of active tuberculosis, but less is known about the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of LTBI among individuals using homeless hostels in London. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional survey with outcome follow-up in homeless hostels in London. Ou...

BACKGROUND Tobacco consumption epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats that the world is facing and attracts the attention of researchers to identify the cause for the same in specific groups. Medical students act as mentors to fight against tobacco use, but several reports suggest that a good number of medical undergraduates are themselves addicted to tobacco use. Thus, the object...

Certain intestinal parasitoses may be observed more in kindergartens, boarding houses, hostels, schools and orphanages where children live together under poor sanitary conditions. Both the climatic conditions and the eating habits of the people affect the prevalence of intestinal parasites(l-10). Some differences in the rate of prevalence have also been observed because of different diagnostic ...

An improved indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is a major determinant of human comfort in an occupied space. The current cross-sectional study investigates the link between and sick building syndrome symptoms (SBS) emergence with case selected students’ hostels Nigerian private university. A quantitative research design method was adopted where 376 (n = 376) copies questionnaire were purposely ...

We report a retrospective review of 12 medical students with a peculiar erythemato-vesicular dermatitis entomologically caused by an endemic beetle Paederus fuscipes. The clinical features, outcome in these cases and treatment are discussed. The students were residents of hostels in the USM campus in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. The causative agent in all these cases were found to be Paederus fusci...